Computing device for high speed optical data switching

Optical data switching circuitry, comprising:

• a processing element, configured to:
• generate a plurality of optical data signals;
• a liquid crystal waveguide, configured to:
• transmit the optical data signals to different receiving ports of a fiber optic router for relay to different destinations,
• wherein the transmissions of the optical data signals are steered between the receiving ports in accordance with a predetermined mapping between the receiving ports and the destinations.

A computing device, comprising:

• a router, configured to operate as a relay to exchange optical data signals between optical switches of the computing device;
• and
• the optical switches, configured to:
• switch between transmission directions to transmit the optical signals over different optical connections between the optical switches and different receiving ports of the router,
• wherein the transmission directions are switched in accordance with predetermined mappings between the receiving ports of the router and destinations of the optical signals.